| Falx cerebelli | |
|---|---|
 Falx cerebelli seen in back portion of skull. | |
 Occipital bone. Inner surface. (Portions "for faulx cerebelli" identified at center left.) | |
| Details | |
| Part of | Meninges |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | falx cerebelli |
| NeuroNames | 1238 |
| TA98 | A14.1.01.106 |
| TA2 | 5377 |
| FMA | 83974 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
The falx cerebelli is a small sickle-shaped fold of dura mater projecting forwards into the posterior cerebellar notch as well as projecting into the vallecula of the cerebellum between the two cerebellar hemispheres.[1]
The name comes from two Latin words: falx, meaning "curved blade or scythe", and cerebellum, meaning "little brain".[2]
- ^ Atlas and textbook of human anatomy. Atlas der deskriptiven Anatomie des Menschen.English. Saunders. 1909.
- ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995). New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-508345-3. Retrieved 12 March 2013.